...If your planning to leave it open, then a spacer ring is an option.

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not a good option, but an option. running a spacer on a ring gear is bad news. this is because the ring gear is located by two things, the bolts that hold it on AND the register bulit into the carrier. if you run a spacer then it moves the ring gear above this register and is now only held on by the clamping force of the bolts. if you had to run this method, you may be able to get away with welding the spacer to the ring gear, but i dont know that for sure.

not a good option, but an option. running a spacer on a ring gear is bad news. this is because the ring gear is located by two things, the bolts that hold it on AND the register bulit into the carrier. if you run a spacer then it moves the ring gear above this register and is now only held on by the clamping force of the bolts. if you had to run this method, you may be able to get away with welding the spacer to the ring gear, but i dont know that for sure.

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The ring gear spacer will work and the gear will still sit on the "register" just fine. The spacer for a 4.56+ is like a .060 or so and the "register" is at least 1/4" high.

Either way the spacer is like $30 and a carrier is like $75. Not too bad just to buy a new carrier.

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